Equalizing-brace for spring-vehicles.



No. 737,622. PATENEIED SEPT. 1, 1903.- P. HEB'EILT. EQUALIZING 'BRAGE FOR SPRING' VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT ()EEIcE.

PETER HEBERT, OF HAZELDELL, OREGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 737,622, dated September 1, 1903. Application filed June 12, 1903. Serial No. 161,169. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER HEBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazeldell, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Spring Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of devices or attachments to the under side of spring-wagons or other like vehicles whereby the action of the springs are controlled to admit the same working with perfect ease and at the same time enhance the life and value of the spring in addition to providing a perfect brace to the vehicle and prevent the body thereof from moving backward and forward and in many respects im-' proving the construction of the vehicle.

The invention is designed as an improvement upon my former patent of June 10, 1884,

No. 300,254, whereby greater strength and durability and simplicity of construction are.

obtained; and it consists in the several details of construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the application of my attachment to a spring-vehicle, a portion of the transverse bars to which the springs are connected only being shown to illustrate its connection therewith; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the evener-bar and its connections; Fig. 3, a perspective view of one of the clips and stationary screwnuts adapted for attachment to the evenerbar and to which one end of the screwthreaded stay-rod is connected; Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the screw-nuts to which the opposite end of the stay-rod is connected; Fig. 5, a similar view of one of the many means employed for connecting the screw-nut to the transverse bar of the vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the evener-bar, which is pivotally connected to the bracket B, said bracket being rigidly connected to the under side of the vehicle-body, as shown at O in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The evener-bar A is formed with a socketnut a, which has a circular recess b,in which fits a circular depending flange 0 upon the bracket, a central bolt cl extending through a perforation e in the evener-bar and having a screw-threaded extension f, withwhich engages a suitable nut g. p

The above means of connecting the evenerbar with the bracket enables said bar to freely move on its pivotal connection without any strain or binding and with comparatively little friction, as well as materially strengthening and reinforcing its pivotal connection with the bracket and providing a recess h for containing a suitable lubricant.

The evener-bar A is provided with depending stationary bolts 1' at or near its ends, which terminate in screw-threaded extensions k, with which engage suitable screwnuts Z, by which means the screw-nuts D may be pivotally connected to the evener-bar.

The screw-nuts D are formed with bifurcated extensions E, which are suitably hinged to eye-clips F, said clips engaging the bolts 1; upon the ends of the evener-bar. The eyeclips F and the bifurcated extensions E of the screw-nuts D being hinged together enables the nut to have a movement vertically on an arc of a circle, and the eye-clips being pivotally connected to the ends of the evenerbar admits of the clip to move horizontally to one side or the other, as circumstances may require. It will be seen that these two movements-viz., a movement vertically on the arc of a circle and horizontally to either side or laterally-will enable the attachment to adapt itself to the motion of the vehicle without any binding or twisting of the parts or strain thereon, which will materially enhance the value of the attachment.

The eye-clips F have ears m, which embrace a projecting lug n upon the end of the bifurcated extension E, a pin 0 extending through the ears and lug, whereby said hinged connection is obtained. The stay-rods G H have right and left screw-threads upon their respective ends, one end of each rod engaging the nuts D and the opposite ends engaging similar nuts I, which have bifurcated extensions J, terminating in perforated heads 19,

adapted to engage screw-bolts q, suitable nuts 0 engaging the bolts to provide a pivotal connection between the screw-nut I and its fastening. The bolts q project from suitable blocks K, and extending from the blocks are screw-bolts s, which extend through the crossbars L M, respectively, and are fastened thereto by suitable nuts t.

I do not wish to be confined to the means described for securing the outer ends of the stay-rods to the cross-bars, as any suitable and well-known means may be employed, and in place of securing the stay-rods to the crossbars the rods may be secured to any part of the running-gear of the vehicle, depending upon the construction and style of vehicle to which the attachment is applied, and in some instances the stay-rods would be connected to the spring or axle thereof, the fastenings connecting the outer ends of the stayrods to the vehicle being variously changed or modified as circumstances would require. In some instances the'stay-rods will be clipped on the lower half of the spring and in other instances clipped on the under side of the axle, as the body of the vehicle is lower on some than on others. Therefore I do not wish to confine my invention to the means shown or the manner of connecting the outer ends of the stay-rods, as this would be subject to various modification or changes without atfecting the essential features of the invention.

One of the essential features of the invention resides in the screw-nuts D and the stayrods G H, having their ends screw-threaded to engage said nuts, whereby the adjustment of the rods may be made to increase or diminish the distance between the nuts D and I to adapt the stay-rods to the varying difference in the distance between the crossbars L M and to enable the rodsto be adj usted at any time that may be required to form a proper and strong brace to the vehicle, also to adjust the attachment to the various kinds of vehicles to which it is applied.

In describing the several details of construction it should be understood that many changes or modifications may be made therein as would come within ordinary mechanical judgment without in any manner affecting the essential features of the invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj 1. An attachment for spring-vehicles, comprising a pivoted evener-bar, suitable clips pivotally connected to the ends of the bar, screw-nuts suitablyhinged to the clips, screwnuts pivotally connecting with the cross-bars of the vehicle, and stay-rods having their ends screw-threaded to engage the nuts whereby the rods may be adjusted, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An attachment for spring-vehicles, comprising a suitable bracket connected to the under side of the vehicle-body and having a depending flange with recess around it and having a depending bolt, an evener-bar having a recessed nut engaging the flange and bolt and a nut engaging the bolt, clips piv- PETER HEBERT.

.Witnesses:

WALT HAMNER, A. J. RENFRO. 

